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LSAT Reading Comp Book Club I: The Introduction
Dan McCarthy is a veteran Blueprint LSAT Prep instructor who scored a 180 on his LSAT. This is the first installment of his multi-week guest series on the reading comprehension section of the LSAT.
One of the myths about the LSAT is that it’s impossible to improve your score on reading comprehension. That’s just not true. I’ve seen many students dramatically improve their reading comp performance, just as with every other section of the test. You just need some hard work and the right techniques.
That said, every myth is based on some form of truth. A significant part of what the LSAT tests in reading comp is your ability to, you know, read. And that’s something that’s built up over the long term.
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Feb 22, 2012 - 12:22 pm - By Dan McCarthy
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6 Things You Can Do Now if Applying to Law School Next Year
Really? You’re already prepping for your law school applications for the 2013 school year? You realize some of your law school brethren are still getting out applications for 2012, right?
There’s a name for someone like you: Gunner. But you don’t care, because those people are just jealous, right?
Kidding aside, starting your law school application process this early is a great decision. While you won’t have a looming deadline to get you to finish that Personal Statement (which is something that motivates me like no other), you will have plenty of time to finish everything you need.
What are those things? What can you start now?
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Feb 21, 2012 - 11:56 am - By Matt Shinners
Tags: applying to law school, june lsat, law school, law school admissions, lsac, LSAT, personal statement
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Spend the Holiday with Some Presidential LSAT Flaws
It’s Presidents’ Day, which means a day off for the lucky ones among us. Since our business here at Blueprint is the LSAT, it’s also the perfect time to look at some President-related logical fallacies. The official federal holiday is in honor of George Washington’s birthday, but we’ll take a broader look.
Equivocation: Bill Clinton, our 42nd President, famously said, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.” Now that we know many of the details of his affair with one Monica Lewinsky, it would be easy to call this statement a fantastic lie. We could also say that President Clinton was simply doing what an LSAT flaw question answer choice might call equivocating with respect to a key term.
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Feb 20, 2012 - 5:11 pm - By Aaron Cohn
Tags: law school, logical fallacies, LSAT, lsat flaws, lsat in real life
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Logical Reasonings / 2.17.12
A) Yesterday we gave away the first $50 in our Facebook sweepstakes. Lucky for you, there’s still two more chances to win. (And three ways to enter.) Facebook. B) Here’s some law school job placement data. Happy Friday. Reuters. C) … Read Entire Article…
Must be the Season of the Waitlist
It’s still winter, and that means plenty of people have already been admitted to law school. (Jerks). For those of us not touched by angels, this also means that declinations abound. (Please pass the tub of chicken). Then there’s that special third group of people in their own little circle of hell. The waitlisters.
This post, all of you waitlisted and in law school limbo, is for you.
What to do when you’re waitlisted for law school:
1. Read the instructions you’re given.
Some schools explicitly invite waitlisted applicants to send additional materials. If this is the case, you’ll want to submit a letter of continued interest, along with any updates you have.
Some schools may expressly ask you NOT to send additional information.
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Feb 17, 2012 - 10:30 am - By Jodi Triplett
Tags: law school, law school admissions, letters of recommendation, LSAT, LSAT prep
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How to Prep for Your June LSAT Prep
Thinking about the June LSAT? Wondering if it’s too early to start studying?
It is.
Classes start in March, and while a month of LSAT study time to get a head start may sound like a good idea, practicing before learning the proper approach can just reinforce bad habits and leave you worse off than not studying at all. Wait ‘till March; you’ll still have 3 months of class to study and prepare, and that’s more than enough time to learn the LSAT, and certainly more time than you should want to spend with the LSAT anyway.
But that doesn’t mean there aren’t other things that you can do in the meantime (like getting used to one of the LSAT’s secret weapons – the double negative).
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Feb 16, 2012 - 6:50 pm - By Nick Rey
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LSAC and the ADA: A Harvard Law Grad Looks at the Facts
One of the most controversial issues surrounding the LSAT is special accommodations given to disabled test takers. Head to any law school-related message board and ask a question about how to apply for accommodations during an LSAT, and you’re guaranteed to start a flame war.
For quite some time, it’s been nearly impossible to get accommodated LSAT testing. Even students with a long history of accommodations (through other schooling and standardized testing) have been denied it by the LSAC. It was almost necessary to take them to court to have any chance of getting accommodations, claiming the policy violates the ADA.
So does the LSAC’s policy violate the ADA?
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Feb 15, 2012 - 6:31 pm - By Matt Shinners
Tags: law school, lsac, LSAT, lsat accommodated testing, lsat testing, news and analysis
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A Few Days Left to Cancel Your February LSAT Score
The February 2012 LSAT has gone the way of the dodo, never to be seen again. If you took it, congratulations. You should have a score coming to your inbox by March 7 (which really seems like a cruelly long time to wait). But what if you think that said score is going to be terrible? What if Saturday’s test was less of a fun run and more of a death march? Well, LSAC actually gives you the option of canceling your score.
First, the logistics. To cancel your score, LSAC has to receive a written request within six calendar days. So you wouldn’t want to just send it in a regular ol’ letter – you should either fax or overnight it to them. If you do choose to cancel your score then LSAC won’t grade it, and law schools will never know how you did on it (neither will you). What law schools will know, however, is that you took the test and then cancelled your score.
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Feb 14, 2012 - 6:12 pm - By Colin Elzie
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February 2012 LSAT Instant Recap
Love is in the air. And not just because Valentine’s Day is coming up.
After weeks and weeks of rigorous LSAT preparation, students all over the country are lovin’ the fact that the February 2012 LSAT is officially over.
But now it’s time to fall in love with some Most Strongly Supported LSAT Instant Recap.
How did it go? What did you think? Were the logic games tough? What about LRs? Can you believe that reading comp passage about — LSAC PROHIBITS BLOGS LIKE THIS ONE FROM TALKING ABOUT SPECIFIC CONTENT THAT WAS ON THE EXAM.
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Feb 11, 2012 - 3:41 pm - By Hank
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Logical Reasonings / 2.10.12
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